to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
trouble; bother; annoyance
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to be opposite; to face each other
offense and defense; offence and defence
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
firm; unshakeable; resolute
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting